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The Unsearchable Riches of Christ
Ton anexichniaston plouton [sic] tou Christou. The unsearchable riches of Christ. Or, Meat for strong men. Milk [for] babes. Held for th in twenty-two sermons from Ephesians 3.8. By Thomas Brooks, preacher of the Word at Margarets New-Fishstreet.Ton anexichniaston plouton [sic] tou Christou. The unsearchable riches of Christ. Or, Meat for strong men. Milke [for] babes. Held for th in twenty-two sermons from Ephesians 3.8. By Thomas Brookes, preacher of the Word at Margarets New-Fishstreet.
London: printed by Mary Simmons for John Hancock, 1655
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History and Scripture speaks out this, as well as our own experience. The rich man above all others, is the greatest object of envy, and 'tis as true that such that are most rich in 1spirituals, are of all men, the most envied. Moses and Aaron were rich in spirituals, and Oh! how were they envied by Corah, Dathan, and Abiram, and other wicked wretches? 2Ezra, Nehemiah, and Mordecai, were rich in spirituals, and who more envied? Among all the Prophets and Apostles, those have been most envied, that have most abounded in spiritual worth; and to this very day, none are such objects of scorn and envy, as those that have most of Christ within. Men that have more leaves, then fruit, that have a golden outside, but a thread-bare inside, are less envied then those that are all glorious within. Men of greatest excellencies, 3are the main objects upon which the eye of envy is placed. Sauls envious eye was placed upon David, and Cain's upon Abel, and Esau's upon Jacob, and Herod's upon John, ⟨p. 268⟩and the Pharisees upon Christ. Envious souls are like the Ravens, that fly over the sweet Garden, and light upon the stinking Carrion. Envy doth ever ascend, it never descends: An envious man can with more ease dye miserably, 4then see another live happily: An envious heart weeps to see others mercies, and joys to see others miseries: An envious heart is like the Mere-maid, which never sings but in a storm, and never mourns but in a calm. An envious man cannot endure those excellencies in others, that he wants in himself; he loves not any light that out-shines his own, any Crown that out-weighs his own, &c.
History and Scripture speaks out this, as well as our owne experience. The rich man above all others, is the greatest object of envy, and 'tis as true that such that are most rich in 1spiritualls, are of all men, the most envied. Moses and Aaron were rich in spiritualls, and Oh! how were they envied by Corah, Dathan, and Abiram, and other wicked wretches?